Audi Australia has today reaffirmed its intention to undertake a voluntary recall of 16,085 vehicles affected by the global Volkswagen Group diesel emissions issue.

The company said that after consultation with government authorities, it has decided to initiate a recall that will begin once a technical solution is made available by parent company Volkswagen AG in Germany.

"Understandably, our customers are concerned, and we apologise for this. Our customers remain our highest priority and our goal is to act as quickly as we are able, once the solution is made available, to rectify vehicles and restore trust."

“Our customers are our highest priority at this time and we will be contacting them directly once we have an accurate list of potentially affected vehicles, along with an understanding of the full software affect and at that time we will confirm our next steps to remove the software from those vehicles,” she said.